Teddy Riner presidential candidacy 2027, Digi Mart USA News (France): French judoka Teddy Riner announced on X on Monday, November 9, that he is a candidate in the 2027 French presidential election. In the statement, he said, “Resignation is not an option.
Faced with the difficulties of our country, the time has come to take responsibility. I am a candidate for the 2027 presidential election.”
In a video filmed face to camera, the five-time Olympic judo champion said, “Combat has always been part of me. I know what it is to fight, to fall, and always to get back up.” He added that he would not run to stand above people, but would act with them and for them.
Riner criticized career politicians, saying France “does not need a professional politician who recites lessons and quarrels all day long.” Instead, he said, the country needs “common sense, firmness, justice and a state that puts things right.” He described the effort to restore France as a fight he would undertake “with you and for you.”
